Events
Antiracist Identity Development Journeys of 5 Foreign-Born Counselor Educators
Monday, June 16, 2025
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM PST
NARTIC
Description
The counseling profession is increasingly recognizing the critical importance of antiracist practices in addressing the pervasive impact of personal and systemic racism on client well-being and counselor training. The five foreign-born counselor educators on this webinar panel will share their unique journeys of antiracist identity development, offering valuable insights into the complex processes of unlearning racist ideologies and embracing antiracism.
By examining the factors that have facilitated or hindered these educators' growth, this webinar will provide a nuanced understanding of antiracist identity development within the context of counselor education. The panelists will explore how their experiences as foreign-born professionals have shaped their perspectives on race and racism in the United States, offering a fresh lens through which to view antiracist practice.
The webinar aims to inspire both international and domestic counseling students and educators to engage in their own antiracist journeys. By highlighting the unique challenges and opportunities faced by foreign-born professionals in this process, the panel hopes to encourage audience members to find their own place and space in the antiracist movement and consider how their own socio-cultural backgrounds influence their approach to antiracist practice.
Through this candid and thought-provoking discussion, participants will gain valuable insights into the complexities of antiracist identity development and its crucial role in shaping more equitable and inclusive counseling practices and training programs that consider the lived experiences and growth needs of foreign-born students and faculty.
Objectives
Participants will analyze the unique developmental trajectories of foreign-born counselor educators in their journey towards antiracism.
Participants will identify key factors and processes that facilitate or inhibit the transition from racist to antiracist perspectives in counselor education.
Participants will apply insights from the panel discussion to reflect on their own antiracist development and its impact on their personal and professional lives.
Free!
Note: CEs are not being offered for this training.
Open House
Saturday, June 7, 2025
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PST
NARTIC
Description
NARTIC started in September 2022. Since then, the network has grown steadily to more than 80 members to date. Members have also formed various interest/workgroups doing research and presentations, developing training materials, conducting training workshops, and so forth. In 2025, the NARTIC Admin Team is hosting regular opportunities for bringing the NARTIC community together through these monthly Open House events.
These virtual Open Houses serve to introduce you to NARTIC, and offer a forum for current NARTIC collaborators to share their projects. Please sign up to attend an event that fits your schedule. You will have the opportunity to network with current and new members and form workgroups of your choice. If you’re not ready to collaborate in any projects, you’re still welcome to attend the events and network with like-minded counseling and mental health professionals. We welcome colleagues from outside of the United States to collaborate with us to advance antiracist teaching and learning in counseling and related mental health professions.
Current members are most welcome to attend the events to connect and build new collaborations.
Please help us spread the news to your U.S.-based and international counseling friends. You can become a member of NARTIC by filling the “Join Us” form on their site.
Open House
Saturday, May 3, 2025
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PST
NARTIC
Description
NARTIC started in September 2022. Since then, the network has grown steadily to more than 80 members to date. Members have also formed various interest/workgroups doing research and presentations, developing training materials, conducting training workshops, and so forth. In 2025, the NARTIC Admin Team is hosting regular opportunities for bringing the NARTIC community together through these monthly Open House events.
These virtual Open Houses serve to introduce you to NARTIC, and offer a forum for current NARTIC collaborators to share their projects. Please sign up to attend an event that fits your schedule. You will have the opportunity to network with current and new members and form workgroups of your choice. If you’re not ready to collaborate in any projects, you’re still welcome to attend the events and network with like-minded counseling and mental health professionals. We welcome colleagues from outside of the United States to collaborate with us to advance antiracist teaching and learning in counseling and related mental health professions.
Current members are most welcome to attend the events to connect and build new collaborations.
Please help us spread the news to your U.S.-based and international counseling friends. You can become a member of NARTIC by filling the “Join Us” form on their site.
NARTIC Open House – A Somatic Grounding Session
Saturday, March 22, 2025
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PST
Counseling Roundtable
& NARTIC
Description
NARTIC is hosting a special session for members of the counseling and therapy communities who need time to relax, center themselves, and support one another during these challenging times. We're very pleased that Tina Bartsch will lead us through a grounding and presencing session. Tina will facilitate a mindfulness process to address the current political moment. Participants will engage in a short somatic grounding exercise and participate in triadic presencing and collective social witnessing using a method developed by the mystic Thomas Hübl.
Tina, a member of NARTIC, is in her second year of the Counselor Education and Supervision doctorate program at Saybrook University. She currently works at Malama Family Recovery Center on Maui, working with women in recovery from substance use. Tina is a pre-licensed mental health counselor, licensed massage therapist in Hawaii, a yoga instructor, and certified Somatic Experiencing® practitioner
Navigating Graduate Counseling Programs as a Disabled Students: Barriers, Insights, and Advocacy
Sunday, March 2, 2025
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
WGDJC
& NARTIC
Description
Join us for a candid roundtable discussion between graduate counseling students with disabilities sharing their experiences navigating academia, clinical training, and professional development. Panelists will explore the unique barriers they face while also highlighting found strengths, advocacy strategies, and community support that help them succeed. This discussion is designed for counseling students, educators, intern supervisors, and professionals committed to fostering inclusivity through accessibility.
MENA Identities and Experiences in Counseling and Counselor Education Spaces
Friday, December 6, 2024
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PST
Counseling Roundtable
& NARTIC
Description
The MENA project team is excited to invite you to its first webinar on Friday, December 6, 9:00 - 10:30 am PST. MENA became a new official race and ethnicity checkbox option in the U.S. government’s federal forms in 2024, and it represents people with cultural roots and immigration backgrounds from a large region with complex historical and cultural connections. Thus, besides the MENA, this project is expected to be relevant and helpful for understanding other cultural identity categories such as Arab, Middle Eastern, and North African (AMENA), South Asian and North African (SWANA), biracial, and multiracial, including those people who may be negotiating belonging ambiguity with intersectional identities. The webinar is for graduate students, practitioners, and educators working with MENA individuals and communities. We also welcome those from other mental health professional communities beyond counseling and counselor education.